De Anza Great Perseverance Scholarship

Description:
To recognize first generation college students who have overcome a great hardship, such as being the first in their family to go to college, having lived with a disability, overcoming economic hardship, having re-entered college after a period of absence, being a single parent, etc., and who have persevered academically.

A $1,000 scholarship is available for legally blind students.

Donors
Conrad 'Mac' McCloskey
Friends and Family of Anjelina Chavez
Friends and Family of Barbara Mandriques
Al and Phyllis Rutner
Friends and Family of Heidi Wulfe
Mary De Masters
Denise Smith-Hams
Award
25 @ $500; 1 @ $1,000; 6 @ $2,000
Scopes
De Anza College
Deadline
02/03/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Are you the first in your family to attend college?
  2. Are you considered legally blind?
  3. Write is short essay telling us about how you have preservered.